UKhomishana Wamaphoyisa Nobugebengu uLisa Townsend ulishayele ihlombe igalelo elimangalisayo lethimba le-Surrey Search and Rescue elisanda kugubha i-1,000 yalo.th memeza ezweni.
I-Surrey SAR yenziwe ngokuphelele ngamavolontiya ahlinzeka ngosizo olubalulekile ezinsizeni eziphuthumayo ekutholeni abantu abalahlekile ikakhulukazi abantu abadala nabantwana abasengozini.
UKhomishana kanye nePhini lakhe u-Ellie Vesey-Thompson babone ithimba lisebenza ngesikhathi lijoyina ukuqeqeshwa bukhoma kwakamuva okwalingisa ukuthungathwa komuntu olahlekile e-woodland eNewlands Corner eduze kwaseGuildford.
Baphinde bahamba bayohlangana neqembu banikeze izindondo amahora amaningi bevolontiya emcimbini owawungoNdasa.
I-Surrey SAR ithembele kuphela emnikelweni ukuze ixhase amathuluzi okusindisa ukuphila nokuqeqeshwa kwethimba lamalungu angaphezu kuka-70 nabaqeqeshwayo abashayela ucingo amahora angu-24 ngosuku ukuze baphendule kuyo yonke indawo eSurrey. Ihhovisi le-PCC libahlinzeka ngoxhaso lonyaka lokuxhasa futhi lisize nasekuxhaseni enye yezimoto zokulawula zeqembu.
Ithimba lisebenza emapulazini, ezindaweni zasemadolobheni nasezihlahleni futhi linamathimba ochwepheshe kwezokuhlenga amanzi, izinja zokusesha kanye nekhono lasemoyeni lisebenzisa ama-drones.
Selokhu lasungulwa ngo-2010, leli thimba lisanda kweqa ingqophamlando yokukhala kwezingcingo eziyinkulungwane ezigamekweni zonkana esifundeni. Ngonyaka odlule kuphela amavolontiya anikela cishe amahora angu-1,000 esikhathi sawo awenza abe ngelinye lamaqembu amatasatasa e-Lowland Rescue e-UK.
U-PCC uLisa Townsend uthe: “Ukufuna abantu abalahlekile kuvame ukuba umjaho ophikisana nesikhathi yingakho indima ye-Surrey Search and Rescue edlalayo ukusekela izinsizakalo zethu eziphuthumayo esifundeni sonke ibaluleke kakhulu.
“Basabela ezigamekweni ezingaba yisimo sempilo noma sokufa lapho othile engase aphelelwe yithemba kakhulu. Yingakho bekufanele ukubonga yithi sonke ngokunikela ngesikhathi sabo ukuze benze umsebenzi omangalisayo abawenzayo.
“Kube yinto ethokozisayo ukubona iqembu lisebenza kulo mdlalo wakamuva futhi nakuba beku amazwibela kafushane ezinselelo elibhekene nazo, ngihlabeke umxhwele ngobuchule nokuzinikela elikukhombisile.
“Ithimba lisanda kugubha ukumemeza kwalo kwenkulungwane okuyimpumelelo emangalisayo futhi ligqamisa umnikelo obalulekile eliwenzayo uma umuntu elahlekile esifundeni sethu.
"Ihhovisi lami lingumsekeli omkhulu weqembu futhi ngithemba ukuthi bazoqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngosizo olubalulekile ezinsizeni eziphuthumayo ekugcineni abantu bephephile eSurrey."
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe ngomsebenzi we-Surrey Search and Rescue - vakashela iwebhusayithi yabo lapha: I-Surrey Search & Rescue (Surrey SAR) (sursar.org.uk)